Comment by Odilthan

Comment by Grogrobar

It only requires lvl 58, its item level is 63, which you can put executioner on.

Comment by Bobaloo

Keep this away from resto druids.

Comment by Tehric

Executioner, Mongoose, and all the other new enchants check for required level first. If there is no required level they check the internal ilevel. This weapon is not eligible for executioner because it DOES have a required level even though the ilevel is 63.

Comment by Psycobean

Here's a guide on how I managed to use my level 80 to farm Treant's Bane for my level 58 warrior. Your level 80 will need to be either a: Rogue, decently leveled Engineer, or a decently leveled Blacksmith. I am an Engineer. You will also need a Thorium Widget, Frost Oil, and depending on what you are, if not a Rogue, Powerful Seaforium Charges (or higher) or Truesilver Skeletons keys (or higher).

For this I used somebody else's account to "hold" the instance. If you don't have another account to use to just stand inside the instance door, then you can ask a friend to do so. It is very important that the person "holding" the instance is the group leader. Another VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are not level 80 DO NOT RELEASE THE GOLIN until you have your ogre suit. He will run away never to be seen again.

On your level 80 you should start by clearing every mob around the pathway above the courtyard with the first guard. Completely ignore the courtyard and proceed to the next area with Fengus. Again, clear everything and ignore the middle platform, but go grab the key from Fengus's chest. DO NOT AGRO FENGUS. He'll be patroling the area, and I reccomend clearing the right path because he walks more on the left one. After you've reached the opposite side of this area with a cleared path for your lower level character and the key to the door proceed down the hallway through the locked door and continue on until you find yourself at a large U-shaped area with a guard patroling around said U-shape. You need to run forward, and with your Thorium Widget and Frost Oil repair the frost trap that is somewhat in the middle of the room. Wait for him to re-patrol and become frozen. He will be frozen until the instance resets. Clear this room and everything up all the ramps until you come to a locked door. Unlock it by whichever means you have. Then you should find yourself in a narrow hallway with a guard at the end of it. In my experience you must be level 80 to successfully bypass this guard by hugging either the right or left wall with no trouble.*** After he is passed you should clear the dogs, and the rest of the ogres leading up to the King and the Observer. Kill the king but not the observer. Wait for the other ogre to run in and announce the king's death then talk to him until he announces you as king and puts down the tribute chest. Now you must run back to the guard that you bypassed and talk to him to have him run down to where Fengus is. You are now done with your level 80. Logout, making sure that the person who is lead is still sitting inside the instance, and go get on your lower level character. Simply run him or her through the path you cleared and make your way to the tribute chest. Open, and enjoy your "hard earned" spoils.

*** You can also bring things for the chained up goblin to make you an Ogre Suit to "properly" do the tribute run, this is only necassary if you are below level 80. The materials are: 4 Runecloth Bolts, 8 Rugged Leather, Ogre Tannin,** and 2 Runethread.

** The Ogre Tannin is found one of the upper platforms where the ramps lead to in a corner. After you loot it an ogre will spawn and attack you.

Comment by Zetpower

Rosi´s words......´´Why don´t you take that AXE and shove it up you healaded @$$

Comment by Dongolev

Works well against Balance Druid pets.

EDIT: now that 5.0.4 is out, it now works well against all druid pets!

Comment by kreo

Just got it...

Comment by Luciferums

Only reason anyone would farm this atm would be to have a "showoff" twink because, as mentioned above you can buy outland drops "...Of the soldier" with better stats.Wich is a shame >_>

Comment by gamerunknown

Compared to the mok'nathal battleaxe of the soldier (2h axe BoE from outland available for a 59) this has 4 more strength and 8 more crit rating, but 16 less stam and 1 less dps. I'd say this weapon still holds up fairly well.

Edit: Deleted due to being out of date now that DM was attenuated for lower levels. It used to be true though.

Comment by Dugroka

Still showing up on my brand new Cata-updated Atlasloot, can anyone confirm that it's still in-game and obtainable, or is atlas just showing it for the hell of it?

Comment by nickthegrrr

To all virgin eyes of this weapon. Do not look upon the earlier comments and think to yourself, "Why the hell would you want a level 44 weapon for a 59 twink?".

It used to require a higher level.

Comment by SpazzGuy

Axe just dropped today.. so it's definately still on the loot table

Looks great for a 49 twink!

Comment by Kipe01

Got a second Treant's Blade on my 1st run of DM after about a 5 hour break.

Comment by Metalchic

i just aquired Treants Bane on my warrior submitted a screenshot so i can confirm that it still drops im 4.0 and byond

Comment by rebellion991

"Oh yeah, go tree form...why do you think i got this axe ? To Chop trees like you down."

Comment by VikariusRobo

C'mon baby, I've got Blessing of Protection!

Comment by Slylady

Because there are 5 pieces of gear that drop from the tribute chest, does that mean the real drop chance is 2.5%?

Comment by dukenukemi

I can tell you getting this thing is not easy. I have been running DM north tens of times and no Bane. Other tribute chest items i have seen too many times for now.. Btw Stomper Kreeg buys your stuff if you need bag space.

Comment by Keyboardmash

Can anyone confirm if this only drops on a full tribute run? If it does the drop rate will likely be much higher than 0.5%.

Edit: Dropped after 60 runs.

Comment by Argiach

Comment by diaskeaus

This is the only axe of its kind alliance players can get that looks similar to the horde equivalent, Hellscream's Will. The other models are uncolored. However, if you are horde, just farm Mag'har rep and then buy it in Nagrand when you are exalted. Easier.

Comment by Kefra

Formerly a terrific weapon for Level 59 twinks, this axe was changed to a level 44 weapon in Cataclysm. It absolutely melts faces in the 40-44 bracket and even the 45-49 bracket. Unfortunately, it only drops from "tribute" runs, i.e., runs in which you only kill the final boss. In addition to this, should the axe drop, it must be physically looted by the character who needs it -- unlike most other instance drops, there is no 1-hour window during which it may be traded to other players in the group.

With this in mind, the strategy is for the twink-in-the-making to put the level 85 on follow. (He will aggro trash, but this is the fastest way to get the twink to the tribute chest. The alternative is to fully clear the path to the chest with the 85 and then have the twink run all the way to the chest afterwards, but this is nearly twice as slow in my experience.) The first two bosses are easily avoided. The third boss pats around the room, but he can likewise be run past when he isn't around. The freezing trap for Guard Slip'kik no longer requires anything to use, so trap him (if the twink pulls him, have him kite the boss over the trap). Up the ramp is something that looks like a giant brown thimble that contains an Ogre Tannin. Take it downstairs, get the Gordok Ogre Suit from the goblin, kill the trash upstairs and in the final hallway, then talk to the next boss after you use the suit (making sure the twink doesn't follow you!). Focus-fire the main boss; don't touch the caster. Another ogre will run up. Talk to him (the twink should too, as it makes the ogres non-aggressive -- very handy for running back out). Talking to him again will make the tribute chest appear.

With a 78 ret paladin running a 40 paladin through, each run took ~16 minutes, including the roughly 4-minute run back out. 85s should be faster still.

Should your bags get full the second boss becomes a vendor after you're named king. Hit him up on your way out.

Wowhead says 0.6%, but this counts all runs, not just full tribute runs. Keep at it and you'll get one.

Comment by Whoisthiscook

Look at the strength on this item! 27? For a level 44! Talk about PvP with this.. Also, compare it to Neretzek the Blood Drinker, a level 60 axe from AQ, it has only 21 str although it has some lifesteal.

Comment by Erogar

Can anyone confirm that this weapon still drops?I did the tribute run 173 times still no sign of the axe.

Comment by Kharzack

Well way back when my character was in the level to run this instance, I decided to say 'hey let's do a Tribute Run' (hadn't done one before) and they agreed, so off we went dodging all the bosses. When we eventually downed the last boss we opened the chest... Treant's Bane, didn't seem like that much at the time however I was lucky and won a Need roll, then I started to get a few whispers like 'OMG IS DAT TREANT'S BANE U SO LUKY!', so I of course decided to take a look and just wow. So this is just my experience of how I got this weapon really... :D! Good Luck getting it!

Just a short little note IMO the weapon actually looks really bad, so I'm not going to use it for Transmogrification, just keep it in my bank as a little milestone type thing :D.

Comment by Karthorg

I don't have hard proof but: For the Axe to have a considerable drop chance you need to do a full tribute run. This means you need to use the Freeze Trap and the Ogre Costume on the last two guards or it will not count as a full Tribute run.

I did 20 runs just skipping the last two guards and it never dropped. I did one full tribute run and it dropped on my first try.

Comment by Helmclever

Still dropping as of yesterday, after a full 'tribute run' with only King Gordok of all of the bosses killed.

Comment by Eommus

I just got this item from the Tribute Chest after a full tribute run. I didn't count but I guess it took around 15-20 tribute runs in total. I was doing it in sets of 3 once in a while not to get burned.